Los Cojolites

Originating in Veracruz, Mexico, Los Cojolites function as a contemporary collective of soneros. They originated in 1997 when a workshop devoted to regional dance, poetry, and son jarocho gradually coalesced into a performing and recording entity whose work sustains a tradition spanning four centuries. Son jarocho fuses Spanish (European), African, and indigenous Indian elements. The ensemble released its debut album, El Conejo, in 2001. Persistent road work throughout Mexico, Europe, and the United States built a global audience, leading to appearances at multiple festivals as well as the Kenny Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and the placement of a track on the soundtrack of Frida, the 2002 screen version of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s life story. Following a series of self-released projects, the group joined Round Whirled Records, which brought out No Tiene Fin first in Mexico during 2008 and internationally in 2010, followed by Sembrando Flores in 2012; the latter earned a Grammy nomination in the Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) field.